Dave Gibbons drops what feels like a bombshell in an offhand manner at The Engine:
I’ve just finished drawing the last Martha Washington story which completes the saga we started about twenty (ack) years ago. It’s currently being colored by my right hand henchman Angus McKie. It’ll be out as a one-shot from Dark Horse in the summer, then the whole megillah will come out as a five-hundred-page-plus book early next year.
Have I completely missed this being announced elsewhere? Frank Miller’s reach is indeed mightly these days.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Old news, boss… this was reported by ICV2.com in February:
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10006.html
TFFKA 127.0.0.1
April 5th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
See? That’s why I should pay more attention to these things - Somehow I missed that.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
And here’s the solitation for the last Martha Washington story:
MARTHA WASHINGTON DIES
Written by Frank Miller, art by Dave Gibbons, cover by Angus McKie.
On Earth, the battle for freedom rages on. The year is 2095 and the day is the one-hundredth birthday of Martha Washington. She is the leader of a small, resolute band that will not forfeit the pursuit of liberty no matter what the cost. Today, the cost will be high. Martha has seen much in her hundred years, from the triumphs and tragedies of the battlefront, to the deepest reaches of space. Today, she will finally see the truth.
Includes a special section of never-before-seen production sketches and drawings that predate Martha’s first series, Give Me Liberty, along with Frank Miller’s original plot notes, all wrapped inside a high-quality card stock cover. This all-new story by two of comics’ legendary creators is the unprecedented conclusion to one woman’s epic struggle for life’s most valuable quality — freedom. Miller and Gibbons reunite to tell the final chapter!
24 pages, $3.50, in stores on July 11.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
“all-new story by two of comics’ legendary creators is the unprecedented conclusion to one woman’s epic struggle for life’s most valuable quality — freedom.”
“OBEY ME and you will be FREE!”
–The Prisoner
April 5th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
John -
This means that I have somehow not only seen that solicit, but probably written about it for Comix Experience’s newsletter, and then entirely forgotten about it.
I don’t know if it’s a bad sign for me or DH.
April 5th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Nah, that Dark Horse solicitation just came out today or yesterday, I think. You’re not brain dead yet, Graeme!
April 6th, 2007 at 10:20 am
“Today, she will finally see the truth.”
That Iraq declared war on the USA??
That solicitation has a lot of stuff to be put into 24 pages.